South America: Media, Telecoms, IT, Entertainment

Argentina's Executive branch has submitted a bill to the National Congress seeking to fully repeal the country's Healthy Eating Promotion Law (Law No. 27,642), widely known as the Front Labeling Law.

The consolidation of the digital economy has profoundly transformed how children and adolescents socialize, consume, and access information.

Published on 21 May, a novel regulation requires application providers to maintain legal representation in Brazil and assigns enforcement of the new regime to the Brazilian Data Protection Agency.

A unique aspect of NFTs is that their authenticity can be verified on the block-chain, so the problem with counterfeit, forgeries, fraud, and fakes now becomes irrelevant. With automated smart contracts, the blockchain is now able to verify authenticity, eliminating cumbersome centralized third parties. All of this is done in a fully open, transparent, safe, secure, programmable, and scalable manner

Brazil's advertising self-regulation body CONAR has released comprehensive new guidelines governing digital influencer marketing, significantly expanding the definition of influencer advertising and establishing stricter transparency requirements. The updated framework addresses emerging challenges including AI-generated content, child participation protocols, and the distinction between organic and commercial social media posts.

O CONAR publicou uma nova edição do Guia de Marketing e Publicidade por Influenciadores Digitais, ampliando regras sobre transparência na identificação de conteúdo pago, proteção de crianças e adolescentes conforme o ECA Digital, e estabelecendo diretrizes para o uso de inteligência artificial em campanhas publicitárias.

El viaje de un músico desde su infancia tocando la percusión hasta la formación de Nirvana, una banda de rock progresivo en la década de 1970, explora cómo la música y el derecho se entrelazaron a través de los derechos de autor y la propiedad intelectual. La narración examina las difíciles decisiones entre la pasión artística y la carrera profesional, revelando cómo caminos aparentemente divergentes pueden, en última instancia, converger.

On November 19, 2025, the Gaceta Parlamentaria published the initiative titled "Amendment to various provisions of the General Law of Culture and Cultural Rights...

¿Cómo es la protección de las leyes mexicanas al patrimonio cultural de los pueblos y comunidades indígenas por el hecho de que se filmen bienes culturales?

La Secretaría de Turismo de México ha lanzado la Ventanilla de Trámites de Turismo, una plataforma digital que centraliza los procedimientos del Registro Nacional de Turismo.

On February 19, 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned a luxury timeshare resort near Puerto Vallarta connected to Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion’s (CJNG).

In late June 2025, the U.S. Treasury's FinCEN (Financial Crimes Enforcement Network), under new authorities granted pursuant to the Fentanyl Sanctions Act...